I received my Bachelor’s degree in Material Science and Engineering from Beijing University of Chemical Technology in 2014. Then, I continued my postgraduate studies at Peking University. In the first year, I was engaged in the synthesis of coordination compounds, and soon I realized that theoretical work can delve deeper into the nature of things and help to a further understanding of many fundamental but urgent science questions. I then transferred to a theoretical group to continue my PhD and received my doctor’s degree in July 2019, under supervision of Prof. Wei Han. My doctorate research was mainly focused on force field development and furthered peptide assembly mechanism study, a series of force field optimization methods was developed to provide multiple sets of peptide self-assembly models with different computational accuracy for the study of peptide self-assembly.

I then moved to Evanston in the US and started work as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Northwestern in the Schatz group from February 2020. My current research interests are developing and applying molecular dynamic model to explore the relationship between structure and properties, eventually achieve rational design of bio-functional materials.

Outside of the lab, I enjoy all kinds of outdoor activities, like hiking, climbing, running and traveling.